Wednesday, June 30, 2021

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If 10 Vaccinated and 10 Unvaccinated People Die, Can We Still Say Vaccines Work?

You will almost certainly be seeing headlines about vaccinated people dying and  might even see that more vaccinated than unvaccinated die. Here's one from the week that I wrote this post. Why do we still say vaccines work if this is happening?
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Sunday, June 13, 2021

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Wheel Options Strategy Simulations

The 'Wheel' is an options strategy that combines cash-secured puts with covered calls. I sometimes have trouble really grasping options strategies in my head, so simulating some scenarios gives me a better feel.
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Friday, May 21, 2021

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Negative values with a log axis in Plotly

Although log10(<any number less than or equal to 0>) is not defined, there are situations where you want to visualize data as if it were. How can you get plotly to do that? Another way of asking is 'how can you mimic symlog functionality in plotly?'
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Sunday, May 2, 2021

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Simple way to see code coverage in python

Sometimes you want to quickly see unit test coverage of your code. Coverage.py makes that really simple.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

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Thinking in terms of probabilities

We suck at probability. A common trap we fall into is failing to realize this and thinking in terms of absolutes.
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Sunday, February 7, 2021

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If the square root of -1 is i, what is the cube root of -1?

You probably learned at some point that the square root of -1 is i. What about the cubed root of it? There's the obvious answer of (-1)^3 = -1, but the answer isn't actually that simple.
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Sunday, January 24, 2021

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Regression Toward the Mean in the NFL

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Friday, January 15, 2021

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Fourier Series Animations

It always seemed magical to me that you can get a square wave from adding together sine waves, so I threw together some animations of Fourier series.
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Saturday, January 2, 2021

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How Should You Bet on a Biased Coin Toss?

If you know a coin is biased to come up heads 75% of the time, what betting strategy should you use to bet on the outcome of a flip?
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Sunday, December 27, 2020

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Making a CSS Flashlight Effect Using Conic-gradients

This is just a quick tutorial of conic-gradients showing a flashlight effect with very little code.
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Friday, December 11, 2020

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What Are the Most Impressive NFL Combine Performances Ever?

If you combine the major tests and adjust for weight and height, which NFL player had the most impressive combine performance?
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Friday, December 4, 2020

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Split Violin Plots in plotly.js

Split violins are a cool way to compare distributions, and plotly makes them simple.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

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How Long Until My Investments Start Making Money?

Say you invest some fixed amount of money every year. How long does it take for the investments to grow faster than the amount you're putting into them?

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